Lining for window guides and method of applying the same



Jan. M, 1936. E. R. CREAMER INDOW GUIDES AND METHOD OF APPLYING THE SAME LINING FOR w Filed Jan. 4, 1934 Patented Jan. 14, 1936 UNITED STATES LINING FOR WINDOW GUIDES AND METHOD OF APPLYING THE SAME Edgar It. Creamer, Detroit, Mich., assignor to The George R. Carter Company, Detroit, Mich, a corporation of Michigan Application January 4, 1934, Serial No. 705,254

'1 Claims.

My present invention relates to window frames and more particularly to the guides or linings thereof to take contact with the sliding sash, and

it has for its object, in general, to provide a simple, efiicient and inexpensive lining strip of this character and an improved method of applying it to the groove or rabbet of the frame. The construction of the lining itself is such as to make a soft and friction reducing contact with the sash,

such as the plate glass windows of road vehicles, while the body thereof is of a nature that adapts it to conform to the channel or guide, particularly in curved portions thereof, while presenting an even and pleasing appearance where exposed.

With my improved method of attaching the lining, greater accuracy in placing it in proper position in the guide is achieved with the employment of relatively unskilled labor. To these and other ends, the invention resides in certain improvements and combinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is an elevation of an automobile window and frame, the latter provided with a guide lining constructed in accordance with and illustrating one embodiment of my present invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation of a lining strip preparatory to its insertion in the. frame;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary section through the frame in the region of the lining taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4 is .an enlarged elevation of a fragment of the lining strip.

Similar reference numerals throughout the several views indicate the same parts.

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 3, the window frame l is provided with a channel or rabbet 2,

in which slides or is fixedly confined, as the case may be, the plate glass window 3. I prefer to provide a separate lining on each side wall of the channel, and each consists of a unitary textile fabric strip embodying two selvage edge portions t folded or doubled over upon each other. In one of them is woven a line or strip of long pile fabric 5, and it is between these that the glass is held to reduce friction and make the joint air and dust tight and noiseless, as shown in Fig. 3, where the proportions of the parts are greatly exaggerated for the purpose of clearness, as will be appreci-' ated. l

The selvages 4 at their joined portions are folded over a soft and pliable metallic wire 6 to form a bead that can be readily bent in the curve,

shown in Fig. 2, and which is inert and nonresisting when so shaped to hold the position given it. Similarly, between the selvages that constitute the body portion is confined another smaller soft pliable and inert wire 1. This is looped back and 5 forth transversely between the plies as it proceeds in longitudinal extent, as shown in dotted line in Fig. 4, and preserves the flatness of the fabric body so it is easily wieldable and yet also lends itself to the bending aforesaid. The sel- 10 vages of the body portion are cemented together with this wire between them so that it is invisible and has the effect of being woven into the fabric, and the said body portion may be cemented in place, as shown in Fig. 4; on the side walls of the 15 guide channel, or otherwise secured. The bead formed by the wire 6 and the fabric looped over it projects slightly at the open side of the guide and being visible, I prefer to improve its appearance and, at the same time, strengthen the bead 2o by encasing it in a split tubular metal element 8 which may be of chromium plate or a. suitable soft alloy that will lend itself to'the bending operations before mentioned.

To facilitate the bending of the selvage body 25 t without a tendency to buckle or warp, I make nicks therein at the turns, as indicated at 9. With the lining strips cut to suitable length, I apply them to the window frame by first bending them to proper form in the outline of the guides on a 30 suitable pattern or jig and then connect the free ends, that is, the ends of the wires 6 with a temporary spacing wire Ml. In modern automobile construction, it is proposed to make the window 3 slide laterally for ventilation, as well as verti- 35 cally in the usual manner. This necessitates deepening the guide channel 2, as indicated in dotted lines at 2 in Fig. 1, so that its bottom can not serve as a gauge as on the other side, in the present instance, for positioning the lining strip. 0 I, therefore, in such a case and after defining the bend of the strip at that side, apply to the body portion or selvage a templet it that remains permanently fastened thereto. I prefer to use a strip of stiff paper or thin red fiber board of prop- 45 er curvature which is stapled on the under side, as at H. This is accommodated in the deeper part of the channel 2 and is wholly concealed so that it may remain there after its function has been performed without objection. The frame is 50 usually made in two pieces so that the lining strips may be applied to each before they are assembled. It is a simple matter for unskilled labor to so position and secure them with cement or other fastenings with great rapidity. .After- .55

- ward, the wire [0 is removed and discarded -at edge to engage the side wall of the channel, both lying closely superposed so that the window may slide in two directions thereon and the body portion being reenforced with pliable inert wire also lying fiat in transverse loops.

2. A textile lining for the channels of window frames comprising, in combination, a pile portion adapted to engage the side face of the window sash and a body portion embodying a selvage edge to engage the side wall of the channel, both lying fiat in the same plane and the body portion being reenforced with pliable inert wire lying fiat in transverse loops, the selvage edge of the body portion being nicked to adapt it to edgewise bending and the opposite edge being reenforced with a pliable inert wire.

3. A textile lining for the channels of window frames comprising, in combination, a pile portion adapted to engage the side face of the window sash and a body portion embodying a selvage edge to engage the side wall of the channel, both lying fiat in the same plane and the body portion being reenforced with pliable inert wire lying fiat in transverse loops, while the outer edge of the pile portion is reenforced with a flexible inert wire.

4. A textile lining for the channels of window frames comprising, in a transversely flat and unbent strip and in combination, an outer pile portion adapted to engage one side face of the window sash and a body portion embodying a selvage edge to engage the side wall of the channel, both lying closely superposed so that the window may slide in two directions thereon, the outer edge of the pile portion being reenforced with a flexible inert wire forming a bead.

5. A textile lining for the channels of window frames comprising, in a transversely flat and unbent strip and in combination, an outer fabric embodying two selvages doubled upon themselves, both lying closely superposed so that the window may slide in two directions thereon, the outer one being provided with a cushioning body for contact with the window and a pliable inert wire enclosed within the loop thus formed to make a bead at the exposed edge.

6. A method of applying a bendable lining strip to curved window frames having deep channel guides which consists in bending the strip to the form of the frame, permanently attaching a templet to the curved portion thereof, and applying the formed strip to the guide so that the templet is concealed within the frame.

7. A method of applying a bendable lining strip to curved window frames having deep channel guides which consists in bending the strip to the form of the frame, permanently attaching a templet to the curved portion thereof, connect- 1 ing the free ends of the strip with a temporary spacing wire, applying the formed strip to the guide so that the templet is concealed within the frame, and disconnecting the spacing wire.

EDGAR R. CREAMER. 

